MIAMI GARDENS — “This is the most Cuban Miami problem I ever read in my life.’’

It’s 9:11 a.m. on a recent Wednesday and Lucy Lopez, co-host of the Power Morning Show on 96.5 FM, is describing a message from a listener who said that his mother-in-law’s cooking is really bad and he doesn’t know what to do because she takes care of his kids Friday nights.

Lopez and co-host JP gladly tackle the issue on the air.

“Mira, eres un malagradecido. If you don’t want the food, then don’t eat it. He is ungrateful, bro,’’ said JP, short for Yojhans Perez.

“I would tell the mother-in-law immediately. You’d be very surprised what I’ve told my mother-in-law,’’ responded Lopez in her rapid-fire style. “Here is some advice: You should buy her a cookbook that you really like and that can help the situation.”

“Hey suegra , thanks for cooking for me but you’re cooking sucks,’’ JP added with his signature dry-heave laugh before playing another dance and pop song.

That tell-it-like-it is banter in Spanglish with an emphasis on South Florida pop culture has resonated with listeners since Perez and Lopez began hosting the morning show as a duo last November. They are helping the station win in the 18-49 demographic in the Fort Lauderdale-Miami radio market, according to recent figures from Nielsen Audio, formerly known as Arbitron.

“They have great chemistry,” said Rob Morris, vice president of programming at CBS Radio Miami. “The fact that they are native Miamians, that also helps too...”

We recently caught up with the fast-talking pair at the CBS Radio station’s studios and asked about their segments including “Carmen Calls” and their dramatic “Busted” segments and of course, “Despacito.”

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Lucy Lopez, left, co-host of the Power 96.5 FM morning show, and Mike Reyes, right, executive producer of the show prepare to record a segment with her co-host JP on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at their studio in Miami.

Lucy Lopez, left, co-host of the Power 96.5 FM morning show, and Mike Reyes, right, executive producer of the show prepare to record a segment with her co-host JP on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at their studio in Miami. (Leslie Ovalle / Sun Sentinel)

Power predecessors:

Perez, a Miami native, and Lopez, a Hialeah native, said they grew up listening to Power 96 morning personalities Mindy Frumkes Baer and the late Bo Griffin, who inspired them to pursue radio.

“For me, Power 96 was more of a lifestyle and not really like a radio station,’’ said Perez, 39. “The music, the jocks, the energy. It sounded like my friends, the people that I hung out with.”

“People who walked into like a bar and you’re like, oh my God, who are those people, they look like fun -- that would be Power 96,’’ said Lopez, “The bad kids throwing spitballs at the teacher.”

“Every morning on the commute [to Miami Beach Senior High School] I remember listening to Mindy and Bo and Tyrone, and then Howard Stern, and [thinking] that’s what I want to do,’’ said Perez, who started at the station in 2005 working weekends and nights.

Oversharing:

The hosts are happy to overshare about their families (both have young daughters). Topics covered on a recent episode: Lopez’s mother-in-law’s subpar pecan pie; pride in wearing clothes from Target; Perez’s new “Labra-dane” named Diesel; and even how Perez’s father peed all over the toilet while coughing. Not much is off limits.

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JP, co-host of the Power 96.5 FM morning show, gets ready to record a segment with his co-host Lucy Lopez on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at their studio in Miami.

JP, co-host of the Power 96.5 FM morning show, gets ready to record a segment with his co-host Lucy Lopez on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at their studio in Miami. (Leslie Ovalle / Sun Sentinel)

“I love to make people laugh, that‘s my thing, and I also love when I meet people and they say, ‘Hey man, you’re just like the way you are on the radio,’ “ said Perez, a West Palm Beach resident. “Just be yourself, that’s it.”

“I want to be able to come across and I think I do a good job coming across as a girl’s girl. We don’t have enough of that,’’ said Lopez, who lives in west Miami-Dade. “Miami comes across as very catty, and underneath that cattiness there’s a lot of women that support each other and I want to be able to be that girl on the radio for other female listeners.”

“Busted”:

In the popular “Busted” segment, the hosts help a listener who wants to “bust” someone in a situation or lie.

The most frequent request:

“People cheating,’’ said Perez.

“Sad,’’ Lopez piped in.

“We are in South Florida. This is Miami. There’s a lot of beautiful people here,’’ said Perez.

Who is Carmen:

The co-hosts were mum about the Latina with an attitude who crank calls folks on the show.

“Everybody asks who is Carmen and you know what we say, ‘If we tell you, we got to kill you,’’’ said Perez.

“It’s like the first rule of Fight Club, we don’t talk about Carmen,’’ added Lopez. “She is an unbelievable person, stand out citizen. She’s legal.”

That time Luis Fonsi stopped by to talk about “Despacito,” but couldn’t …

“He came with his raspy voice,’’ Perez recalled of the May visit. “We got Luis Fonsi for you ... ”

“But he can’t talk,” interrupted Lopez. “JP and I both sat there like, perfect. He’s here but he can’t talk. Great for social media, guys!”

Radio is here to stay:

“You can listen to Pandora all day but you’re not going to laugh from Pandora,’’ said Perez. “Do you want to listen to a robot or someone who has heart and feelings that can relate to you, that can tell you a story and make you laugh and chuckle or just here’s your next song? Radio will never die.”

“No matter what the city is going through whether it’s a really good time, or a really bad time like a hurricane or God forbid something happens at a school, people automatically tune into us because they can trust us,’’ added Lopez. “They know that behind the jokes and whatever we do in the morning, they know they can trust what we’re going to say.”